17-year-old Danylo works as a ferryman in the shadow of a destroyed bridge 50 km from Kharkiv to earn money and continue his studies at a sports academy. Still, his dreams of becoming a professional kayaker collide with the reality of wartime.
After the deoccupation of the Kharkiv region, Danylo works as a ferryman in the shadow of a destroyed bridge to earn money and continue his studies at a sports academy, but his dreams of becoming a professional kayaker are shattered. Danylo ferries civilians and humanitarian goods. It also transports the military, wounded and killed. He works side by side with adult men. In 2023, a temporary pedestrian crossing is opened, and Danylo loses his job. After reluctantly doing one training kayaking session in a year and a half, he chooses fun over discipline and pursuing sport: repairing a moped, shooting an air pistol… The war and the harsh environment change the guy, pushing him to make mistakes.
Baltic Sea Docs (2023), Ji.hlava New Visions Forum: Europe (2023, FilmAid Award), IDFAcademy (2023), CHANGE programme by EAVE, IMS and CPH:DOX (2023), CPH:FORUM (2024), EURODOC-2024 Workshop (2024), Berlinale EFM (2025)
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